People practicing open defecation in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: People practicing open defecation was 5.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People practicing open defecation in Vanuatu, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 5.0% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 81.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Vanuatu peaked at 5.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2004.
Vanuatu ranks 49th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 1.8% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Vanuatu
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 4,117 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 3,865 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,969 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 4,288 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 4,050 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 4,364 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 4,472 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 4,503 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 4,204 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 4,095 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Vanuatu?
- People practicing open defecation in Vanuatu was 5.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2004.
- How does Vanuatu rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Vanuatu ranks 49th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.